Improvement in washing-machines



fTo all'whoin'it may concern:

H12J-NittiLIGHTr, orfA'r-'r 110A, 'INDIANA- l La@ Patent No. 95,119, dated samba 21, 1869.

* mrnovnmnirr iN WASHING-macminer..

i The Schedule referred in than Letters Patent and making` pari:l of the same.

r Be 'it known that I, HnNnYvL-IGHTL'O' Attica, in 'the courityof Fountain, and in the 'State of Indiana,

`have invented certain new and useihl Improvements `in Washing-Machines ,and do hereby declare that the rfollowing, isa full, clear, and exact description thereof,

,reference 4 being had t-o the accompabyingdrawing's', and to the letters of reference fmarked thereon, mak

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The nature of my inventionv consists in the con[ struction of awashing-machine, which is provided` with -a movable ribbed bottom, and a rubber-bead.

' which runs onrollers, for the purpose of lessening-the labor, as will hereafter he yfully set forth.4

Figure '1 is a; plan view of iny inventiom FigureZ 'is a section view of the same.

Letter A represents the frame ofthe machine, .which may be of `any desired shape, and which'is -provided with a"movable bottom, `-B,the sides of whichextend 4about one-half Way up the frame, and serve as'a track, `upon which therollers of the rubberfhead run. This bottom consists of a number of narrow v'curved ribs, which rise abruptly at one end, as seen in g.r2,

andvwhich serve tohold the clothes up from the bottom, and to prevent them from' coming in contact with the dirtwhich is washed from them, and which settles down. between the ribs. These' ribs v are joined toget her at. the' ends by cross-pieces, which have handi holes in them, so that'the wholeI .bottomcan be raised up from the water, so as to wm'ng the clothes out.

'lhe frame A is provided with 'a handle` at each eorneryso that it can be easily carried from one place to another, and has a c1eat, .0, placed inside, at twoof the corners,` so as to prevent the bot-tomB from being displaced.` 1 1 beaterlDhas a number of arms, or prongs E, extending downward `from it farenough Ifor 4the purposes specified.

` I nytestiinony that I claim theI to touch the ribs, which are used to wash the clothes, both by rubbing and beating. Upon each end of the head there is placed a roller, G,whicl1 runs along upon the top of the-inovable/bottom B, so as to lessen the exertion of moving it back and forth.

Extending back from `the head, there are two curved arms, H, the ends of'which are joined together bythe .handle Secured to the ends of the handle are'two bars,.L',which extend backward, and are fastened to' the cross-piece NL Risingupv'om'th'e sides of theframe, there` are two i standards, M, which have two or more notches formed in their tops, so as to receive the ends of the crosspiece N. v V After the bottom `hasbeen raised above the water,

the beater, or rubber can be used to force the clothes against the raised ends of the ribs, where the water is pressed out of them, without the trouble of wringing. Y

This machine is peculiarly adapted to washing wool in the fleece without breaking it, and to pressing the water from it, in the same manner as the clothes. The cover extends over but a portion of the frame.'

.Having'thus describedmy invention,

Whatl claim, and desire to secure by;Letters Patent,is''- The combination of the tub A, movable bottom B, beater 1),r`ollers G G, arms H H, rods L L, crossshaft N, and standards M M, all substantially as and hereunto 'set my hand, this 1st day of June, 1869. e A HENRY tLIGH'IY.

f S. D. LANDQN,

Lewis HANXs.

foregoing, I have* 

